Kiss of Life Lowers Survival in Heart Attack Sufferers

The kiss of life can actually lower the chances of survival of patients who have suffered cardiac arrest, reveals a new study.

The researchers suggest that chest compressions might just be enough to bring back the patient to life.

Heart Attack - Overview
Heart attack is the death of the heart muscle due to loss of blood supply. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Other names for heart attack include acute myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis, and coronary occlusion.

The two breaths of air usually included in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR may be a waste time, suggest experts.

The study led by the Arizona University showed that 11 per cent of heart victims are likely to survive if they received only chest compressions.

However, the survival rate can fall to six per cent if they were also given the kiss of life.

CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPR or CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION can restore function of the heart and lungs due to any condition that causes the heart to come to a stop. This usually happens after a massive heart-attack.

Amazingly, five per cent would survive if passers-by did nothing at all.

But British heart charities insist that it was important to do something - even if it was just ringing an ambulance.

How to know if someone is Breathing
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"It is vital that if you come across someone who has stopped breathing, you do something," the Daily Express quoted Ellen Mason, a senior cardiac nurse from the British Heart Foundation, as saying.

"If you don't want to do the kiss of life, stick to chest compressions, but do something," Mason added.

An Active Heart
The heart pumps blood constantly providing the power to sustain life.

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